To bring HIV positive people together, Mr Valiv has also organised nearly a dozen "matrimonial meetings" for them.
Ramesh Dhongde, a 43-year-old rickshaw driver in Pune, is among the hundreds who have attended these meetings in search of hope and love.
When Mr Dhongde learnt 11 years ago that he had contracted the virus from his now dead wife, he thought it was the end of the road for him. He was most worried about the future of his only daughter.
Then, at a meeting organised by Mr Valiv two years ago, he met his current wife, a 33-year-old divorcee who works in a women's co-operative. "Returning to a normal married life has restored my confidence to fight the disease," he says.
To spread the word about these meetings, Mr Valiv prints posters with his own money and puts them up in public places.
"At the first meeting held in a hospital in Solapur, I anticipated about 300 people and arranged for their breakfast and lunch. Barely 40 came and all the food had to be distributed among the hospital's poor patients."
But the participation improved once he began collaborating with some non-governmental organisations.
When he saw that men far outnumbered women at such meetings, he offered to pay the latter's travel costs. He has already spent tens of thousands of rupees from his own pocket, but is happy that the participation of women has doubled.
He says since most participants walk in riddled with guilt and despair, it takes some effort to get them to open up.
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